Table 1 - Search strategy used to identify CAM related media research articles
Database
CAM/health care
Media keywords or subject
Number of
searched, date
keywords or subject
headings
References
searched
headings
Communication
Medical care; Health;
Mass media; News media; Print
Abstracts, Dec.
Health care; Health
media; Broadcast media; Radio;
11, 2006
communication; Health
Television; Mass communication;
information; Public health
Magazines; Newspapers; News;
Retrieved
63
Television news
Communication
Communication in
Local mass media; Mass media;
and Mass
medicine; Journalism,
Advertising; Marketing; Press;
Media
medical
Mass media – research;
Complete, Dec.
Newspapers;, Periodicals; Prime
11, 2006
time broadcasting; Radio; Radio
57
broadcasting; Radio programs;
Television; Television
broadcasting; Television
programs; Women’s magazines;
Journalism
Cumulative
Alternative therapies;
Radio; Television; Newspapers
Index to
Plants, medicinal; Dietary
Nursing Allied
supplements; Drugs,
Health
Chinese herbal; Vitamins;
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967
Database
CAM/health care
Media keywords or subject
Number of
searched, date
keywords or subject
headings
References
searched
headings
Literature, Dec.
Minerals
Retrieved
23, 2006
EMBASE
Alternative medicine;
Television; Mass medium;
(1980-2006),
Massage; Homeopathy;
Telecommunication; Publication
Dec. 23, 2006
Manipulative medicine;
1946
Acupuncture; Ayurvedic
drug; Plant extract;
Traditional medicine;
Medicinal plant; Yoga;
Meditation; Vitamin;
Mineral; Diet therapy
MEDLINE
Complementary therapies;
Radio; Television; Serial
(1966-2006),
Plants, medicinal; Drugs,
publications
Dec. 23, 2006
Chinese herbal; Plant
930
extracts; Vitamins;
Minerals; Dietary
supplements
Ovid
Complementary therapies;
Healthstar, Dec.
Medicine, herbal; Plants,
23, 2006
medicinal; Drugs, Chinese
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Mass media; Serial publications
255
Database
CAM/health care
Media keywords or subject
Number of
searched, date
keywords or subject
headings
References
searched
headings
Retrieved
herbal; Phytotherapy;
Dietary supplements;
Vitamins
AMED, Dec.
Complementary medicine;
Periodicals; Television;
23, 2006
Acupuncture;
Publishing
161
Chiropractic; Herbs;
Plants medicinal; Herbal
drugs; Dietary
supplements; Plant
extracts; Vitamins;
Minerals; Diet therapy;
Massage
SOCIndex,
Alternative medicine;
Mass media; Newspapers;
Dec. 11, 2006
Holistic medicine;
Periodicals; Radio; Television;
Traditional medicine;
Marketing; Radio broadcasting;
Self-care health;
Radio programs; Television
Acupuncture;
broadcasting; Television
Chiropractors; Meditation; programs; Serial publication;
Yoga; Herbs; Hypnotism
– therapeutic use
-3-
Health in mass media
32
Database
CAM/health care
Media keywords or subject
Number of
searched, date
keywords or subject
headings
References
searched
headings
Social Sciences
Alternative medicine;
Mass media; Health in mass
Abstracts, Dec.
Acupuncture;
media; Medical Care in mass
11, 2006
Chiropractic; Holistic
media; Media use; Media culture
medicine; Homeopathy;
and society; Newspapers;
Medicine, oriental;
Periodicals; Physicians in mass
Naturopathy; Self care,
media; Press; Public health in
health; Traditional
mass media; Radio broadcasting;
medicine
Television broadcasting
Sociological
Alternative medicine;
Mass media; News media;
Abstracts, Dec.
Faith healing; Holistic
Editorials; News coverage;
11, 2006
medicine; Traditional
Newspapers; Radio; Television;
medicine; Plants
Periodicals; Magazines
Retrieved
17
14
(botanical); Hypnosis;
Meditation
(transcendental); Yoga
Experts in the
4
field
Reference list
8
scan
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Database
CAM/health care
Media keywords or subject
Number of
searched, date
keywords or subject
headings
References
searched
headings
Retrieved
Total
4,454
References
Retrieved
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